UWC 2022 speaker

Jennifer Uhle, Ph.D

Vice President of Generation and Suppliers

NEI

Dr. Jennifer Uhle is NEI’s vice president of Generation and Suppliers. Prior to joining NEI, Uhle served as the director of reactor safety programs at Jensen Hughes, a consulting company to the nuclear industry. Uhle joined Jensen Hughes in 2016, working in advanced reactors, thermal-hydraulics and regulatory affairs.

Previously, she served at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for 23 years in several positions including the director of the Office of New Reactors.

Uhle obtained her bachelor’s and doctoral degrees in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1991 and 1996, respectively, with a specialization in reactor systems and design. She served as the U.S. representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s first fact-finding mission to Fukushima in 2011. She served on the advisory committee to MIT’s Department of Nuclear Engineering and the National Academy of Science Committee on a U.S. fusion pilot program.